Clayton High School

As a low-enrollment senior high in CLAYTON, New Jersey, Clayton High School teaches 431 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Clayton Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Clayton High School sits 54% smaller than that benchmark.

Clayton Public School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,445 students. Clayton High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clayton High School reports that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

In terms of school funding signals, Clayton High School lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Gloucester County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clayton High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -8.9 points.

In the area at large, census data for Gloucester County shows median household earnings sit near $105,115, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Clayton High School is one of 86 public schools in Gloucester County (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clayton Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clayton High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clayton High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Clayton High School's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 431). The White share of enrollment fell from 50% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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